The collection of Schuyler Van Rensselaer Cammann’s papers, member of the Department of Oriental Studies at the University
of Pennsylvania 1948-1982 and Associate Curator of the East Asian Collections 1948-1955, consist of 13 linear feet of correspondence;
published and unpublished papers and book reviews; lectures; research notes; unpublished fiction; photographs; drawings; employment
history at the University of Pennsylvania; teaching materials; and travels and tours. Professor Cammann wrote, lectured, taught,
and consulted in several geographic areas (including China, Tibet, Mongolia, Japan) on such topics as textiles, carpets, art,
ivory, snuff bottles, Magic Squares, and symbolism. He authored four books and hundreds of articles and reviews, and presented
considerable number of lectures to various meetings, organizations and conferences.

title

Schuyler V. R. Cammann papers

creator

Cammann, Schuyler V. R. (Schuyler Van Rensselaer), b. 1912

id

PU-Mu. 1146

repository

University of Pennsylvania Penn Museum Archives

extent

13 linear feet

inclusive date

1946-1991

bulk date

abstract/scope/contents

The collection of Schuyler Van Rensselaer Cammann’s papers, member of the Department of Oriental Studies at the University
of Pennsylvania 1948-1982 and Associate Curator of the East Asian Collections 1948-1955, consist of 13 linear feet of correspondence;
published and unpublished papers and book reviews; lectures; research notes; unpublished fiction; photographs; drawings; employment
history at the University of Pennsylvania; teaching materials; and travels and tours. Professor Cammann wrote, lectured, taught,
and consulted in several geographic areas (including China, Tibet, Mongolia, Japan) on such topics as textiles, carpets, art,
ivory, snuff bottles, Magic Squares, and symbolism. He authored four books and hundreds of articles and reviews, and presented
considerable number of lectures to various meetings, organizations and conferences.

The University Museum Expedition to Afghanistan spent six months in 1953 excavating the Bactrian sites of Balkh and Kunduz.
The expedition was helmed by Rodney S. Young (Curator of the Mediterranean Section), Schuyler Cammann (Associate Curator in
the Oriental Section), and Dorothy Hannah Cox, with additional scouting and surveying work performed by Carlton Coon. Uncovering
evidence of the area's pre-Buddhist historical record was this expedition's primary focus. The textual records of the expeditions
to Balkh and Kunduz consist of .4 linear feet of correspondence, inventories, preliminary reports, published reports, excavation
agreements, field notes, and images. The records have been compiled from two sources: the papers of Dr. Schuyler Cammann (contributed
in 1992) and the records of the Asian Section Office at the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, an ongoing contribution
of records to the Archives over time. Because very similar records were found in both sets of source materials (e.g., correspondence
from the same exchange), the records were integrated and then divided into four series: Correspondence, Reports, Field Notes,
and Images.

The University Museum Expedition to Afghanistan spent six months in 1953 excavating the Bactrian sites of Balkh and Kunduz.
The expedition was helmed by Rodney S. Young (Curator of the Mediterranean Section), Schuyler Cammann (Associate Curator in
the Oriental Section), and Dorothy Hannah Cox, with additional scouting and surveying work performed by Carlton Coon. Uncovering
evidence of the area's pre-Buddhist historical record was this expedition's primary focus. The textual records of the expeditions
to Balkh and Kunduz consist of .4 linear feet of correspondence, inventories, preliminary reports, published reports, excavation
agreements, field notes, and images. The records have been compiled from two sources: the papers of Dr. Schuyler Cammann (contributed
in 1992) and the records of the Asian Section Office at the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, an ongoing contribution
of records to the Archives over time. Because very similar records were found in both sets of source materials (e.g., correspondence
from the same exchange), the records were integrated and then divided into four series: Correspondence, Reports, Field Notes,
and Images.